THE MACMILLAN fund-raising team are proud to announce they have reached the halfway mark for their Million Pennies Appeal.

The appeal was launched only a few months ago and so far the people of Macclesfield have donated a total of 587,027 pennies to the campaign.

Every penny that has been donated will now go towards the new state-of-the-art cancer resource centre at the Macclesfield Hospital.

Amy Wilson, appeals manager at Macmillan, said: "I would like to say a big thank-you to everyone who has donated to the Million Pennies Appeal. I am delighted that we have now reached the half way mark.

"We are going to continue collecting the pennies and we will hopefully reach the one million mark very soon."

Amy would also like to thank the staff at Lloyds bank in Wilmslow. Their patience - and strength - while carrying and counting thousands of pennies is greatly appreciated.

Staff from the Cheshire Building Society have raised £600 alone for our Million Pennies Appeal.

Members of the Investment Department collected £300 in spare change from generous staff and customers. Chris Wardle, from the CBS, said: "The Investment Department wanted to raise money for a local charity and the Macmillan campaign was ideal.

"The CBS head office matched the total amount that we had originally raised so the final donation was actually £600."